Folding box.



PATENTED AUG. 18, 1903.

M. HIRSGH. FOLDING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22, 1902.

WITNESSES.

THE NORRIS Pzrms co. PHOYO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON n c NITED STATES PatentedAugust 18, 1903 MORRIS mason, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOLDING BOX.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,727, dated August18, 1903. Application filed October 22, 1902. Serial No. 128,271. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MORRIS HIRsoH, a citi zen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Folding Box, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements infoldable boxes; and the objectthat I have in view is the provision of a box with a rein-' forcedbottom, said box being more particularly intended to serve as the loweror bottom part of the complete box or package.

The described box is bent from a on e-piece blank of peculiar form,which not only secures a desirable interlocking of the side and end-Further objects and advantages of the in-.

vention will appear in the course of the subjoined description, and thenovelty will be defined by the annexed claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a blank adapted to be bent in a way to form areinforced box. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the blank shown by Fig.1 partially bent into a condition to form the lower section of a box.

In the form of blank A shown by Fig. 1 it is cut to the desired form,slitted, and scored or creased all at one-operation of a suitable die orother machine. This blank consists of the middle section 5, the sides 67, each having a tongue 8, the ends 9 10, each having a flap 11, and theside flaps 12 13. The sides 6 7 of the blank are creased or scored atthe side edges of the middle section 5 on the lines indicated ate a. Theends 9 10 correspond in width to the middle section 5, and the blank isscored or creased between its middle section and the ends at the linesI) b.

Each end flap 11 is adapted to be folded on a line indicated at c, andeach tongue 8 is foldable with relation to the side 6 or 7 on thecrease-line d. The side flaps 12 13 are foldable on the score-lines e e,Which-define the flaps 12 13 with respect to the sides 6 7. The flap 12is provided in its side edge with a series of notches 14, forming aseries of lips 15, the latter being foldable on thecre'ase-line f. Theother side flap 13 is made in one piece with an extended bottom flap 16,and this flap is provided with a series of shallow notches 17, whichcorrespond in number to the lips 15 and form a series of projections 18,the latter corresponding to the notches 14C in the flap l2. -Fromtheforegoing description it will be seen thatthe blank A is scored on thelines a a, b b, c, (1, e e, and f; but this blank is also slitted or cutat g on lines. between the ends 9 10 and the tongues 8 of the sides 6 7.To form the box from the blank shown in Fig. 1, the side flap 12 isfirst folded on the line e in order to bring said fiap 12 intooverlapping relation to the side 7, while the lips 15 extend part wayacross the middle section 5 and are adapted to fold on the crease-linef. The side flap 13 and the bottom flap 16 are now folded on thecrease-line e to make the said side flap 13 and bottom flap 16 lie uponthe side 6 and the middle section 5, respectively, the projections 18 ofsaid flap 16 fitting in the notches 14 of the fiap '12, while the lips15 enter the notches 17 of the bottom flap 16, thereby interlocking thecontiguous edges of the side flap 12 and the botton flap 16,as clearlyshown by Fig. 2. The sides 6 7 are now turned at right angles to thebottom section 5 on the crease-lines ofct, and the flaps 12 13 fold withthese sides in order to lie perpendicular to the middle section 5 andthe bottom flap 16, as also shown by Fig. 2. The folding of the sides 67 brings the tongues 8 into positions perpendicular to the middlesection 5, and these tongues 8 are folded inwardly, so that they meetat'the ends of the space or chamber, the'loweredges of said tonguesengaging with the end edges of the bottom flap 16. To complete the box,it is only necessary to fold the ends 9 10 on the lines I) 1) againstthe inwardly-folded tongues 8, and finally the end flaps 11 are foldedon the lines a, so as to inclose the upper edges of the ends 9 10 and toextend into the space or chamber of the box member.

It will be seen that the box-blank has the end flaps 11 fitting againstthe end edges of the folded side flaps 12 13 in order to lock the ends 910 and their flaps 11 against accidental separation. It will beunderstood that the end flaps 11 fold over the inwardly-folded tongues 8and that the side edges of these flaps 11 engage with the end edges ofthe folded side flaps 12 13, because these end flaps 11 areequal to thewidth of the box member, and the blank is so cut or stamped as to leavenarrow spaces between the end portions of the side flaps 12 13 and theends of the box, into which spaces are received the end edges of the endflaps 11.

The box herein described and shown by Figs. 1 and 2 is made from aone-piece blank, which is peculiarly constructed to form a double bottomand which has its several parts arranged to secure interlocking of thebottom with one side flap and an interlocking engagement between the endflaps, which fold over the ends and the tongues with the end edges ofthe side flaps.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A box-blank having a middle portion, folds at thesides and ends thereof, a notched member on one side fold, and anothermember forming a part of the opposite side fold, said last-named memberbeing arranged to extend across the middle portion and to haveinterlocking engagement with the notched member in the folded conditionof the box.

2. A box-blank substantially such as herein shown and described,comprisinga middle section, ends provided with end flaps, sides havingfoldable tongues separated from the ends by intermediate incisions orslits, a side flap foldable upon one side and having a series of notchesand a series of lips, and a bottom flap foldable upon the other side andprovided with a series of notches and a series of projections, thelatter adapted to have interlocking engagement with the notches and lipsof the other side flap.

3. A box-blank substantially such as described, having a middle member,sides, ends provided with flaps, foldable tongues, a side flap havinglips, and another side flap pro vided with a bottom flap having notchesto engage the lips on the described side flap.

4. A box having a middle portion sides and ends, side flaps foldableupon the sides, one of said side flaps having a series of notchesseparated by intervening lips which are foldable upon the middlesection, and a bottom flap foldable across themiddle section andprovided with notches and projections which interlockwith thecorresponding parts on the opposite folded side flap.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MORRIS HIRSCH.

Witnesses:

J NO. M. BITTER, H. T. BERNHARD.

